In another troubling incident in Washington Square Park, on Sunday afternoon a “crusty traveler punk” harassed a senior in the park’s fountain. Around 3 p.m., as several dozen people sat around the fountain watching two toddlers frolicking in the water, a crusty type entered the fountain with his dog and sat down. The dog proceeded [...]

BY TEQUILA MINSKY  |  Early every morning, sculptor Rosemarie Castoro would buy a walnut-and-raisin roll at Grandaisy Bakery on Sullivan St. and read her New York Times — that is, when her paper wasn’t stolen from outside her door. Her backup was always Gran Daisy’s house copy, which was amicably shared. The longtime west Soho [...]

BY LORENZO LIGATO  |  To many people, street-corner doo-wop singers conjure up an iconic image of New York. But to some West Villagers, they’re simply an annoyance. Serenading summer tourists with R&B tunes, doo-wop groups have animated the street corners at Bleecker and Leroy Sts. with their a cappella stylings for decades. But after years [...]

St. John’s Lutheran Church is holding a weeklong celebration with an All-Are-Welcome Center to commemorate Pride Week 2012 at the church, at 81 Christopher St. The celebration will culminate on Pride Sunday June 24 after the parade with a 6 p.m. Jazz Mass and a Barbecue. “We’re reviving the AIDS Vigil Walk on Friday [June [...]